Pointillism, the term used with respect to the work of Seurat, is the practice of painting patterns of small, distinct dots of pure color next to each other. When seen from a distance, the dots fuse to form images. The pointillist technique focuses on small, individual brushwork strokes which the viewer can't differentiate when looking at from afar.

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is considered to be Seurat's masterpiece and is currently housed in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. An icon of late 19th-century painting, this large-scale work (approximately 6 ft 10 in x 10 ft 1 in) depicts a small island in the ...

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